MrBallen recounts the Afghanistan firefight that ultimately led to his medical evacuation. His SEAL team approached a wall ...

WASHINGTON -- It was chaos during the early morning assault last year on a remote U.S. outpost in Afghanistan and Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M4 carbine had quit firing as militant forces surrounded ...

Chris Gordon, a 43-year-old former RAF Chinook pilot, received the Distinguished Flying Cross from the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2013 for his life-saving work during the war in Afghanistan.

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A U.S. servicemember was injured when an improvised explosive device struck a joint Afghan National Army and coalition forces patrol Sept. 14 south of Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, ...

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STEWARTVILLE, Minn. - A 23-year-old Stewartville soldier was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan shortly after he called Minnesota to wish his little brother a happy birthday, his mother said Monday.

An Air Force mechanic-turned-lawman cited leadership and teamwork as key reasons why his small band of airmen and Afghan police defeated a much- arger enemy force during a historic battle fought in ...

Five people have been killed in a firefight between border guards and intruders on Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan, the Tajik border protection agency says. Heavily armed raiders from Afghanistan ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents in eastern Afghanistan opened fire Tuesday on patrolling U.S. forces, setting off a firefight that left four attackers dead, a military spokesman said. No U.S.

An Afghan soldier directs fellow soldiers during a firefight near Combat Outpost Giro while a paratrooper with 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, fires on insurgent positions May 17, 2012, Ghazni ...